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Elena D Concepción
@elenadconcepcion.bsky.social

Landscape & conservation • Biodiversity • Ecology • Global change • Nature & people

Madrid <> Porto <> Basel

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-6902

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena-Concepcion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSlrkWgqRgQ .. more

Environmental science 68%
Geography 17%

Actions speak louder than words and today, once again, the EU confirms it is moving further and further away from its supposed environmental commitment.

Making the most of my last days in Basel (for now 😉) after amazing months here at the @forumbasiliense.bsky.social
♥️🐓🐉🏰 Lucky, grateful and full of renewed ideas and energy 💡✨ 🍀Open to new collaborations and projects to come 🤙🏻
Investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional global GDP, avoid millions of deaths and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger

www.unep.org/news-and-sto... @unep.org #environment #report #GEO7
UN Report: Investing in planetary health would deliver higher GDP, fewer deaths, less poverty
The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in ...
www.unep.org
Almut-Barbara Renger discusses “Religion in the Anthropocene”, offering insights from her contribution to the Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene.

🗓 18 December | 12:15–13:45
📍 Forum Basiliense, Spalenberg 65, 1st floor

All welcome.
Join us for Dr. Elizabeth Bennett’s talk on “Regulating Business in the Anthropocene.”

🗓 4 December | 12:15–13:45
📍 Forum Basiliense, Spalenberg 65, 1st floor
🎙️ Dr. Elizabeth Bennett

#ForumBasiliense #UniversityOfBasel #Anthropocene
We invite you to a talk by Corey Rosson “Time, Space and Specialization.”

🗓 2 December | 16:15–17:45
📍 Hörsaal 102, Kollegienhaus, University of Basel

#ForumBasiliense #UniversityOfBasel #LectureSeries
Super excited to see the EU Delegation Act to monitor pollinators finally published: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/...
eur-lex.europa.eu
Dr. Martina Lassalle discusses “Environmental criminality in the Anthropocene era”, examining how justice systems address and prevent ecological harm in the Global South.

🗓 27 November | 12:15–13:45
📍 Forum Basiliense, Spalenberg 65, 1st floor

#ForumBasiliense #UniversityOfBasel #Anthropocene
Forum Basiliense Lecture

Join us for Orit Halpern’s talk on “Generative Planetary Experiments.”

🗓 18 November | 16:15–17:45
📍 Hörsaal 102, Kollegienhaus, University of Basel

All welcome.✨

#ForumBasiliense #UniversityOfBasel #OritHalpern #lectureseries #anthropocene #planetaryexperiments
Yesterday at @europarl.europa.eu we presented the voices of research & science from three projects: CAP4GI, Agroecology-TRANSECT & EuropeLand. Thank you @mariawalshmep.bsky.social (EPP), Maria Noichl (S&D) & Michal Wiezik (Renew) for hosting, and Elisabeth Werner (DG AGRI) for the discussion!
How can we protect architectural heritage from natural hazards?

🗓 13 November | 12:15–13:45
📍 Forum Basiliense, Spalenberg 65, 1st floor
🎙️ Dr. Illaria Trivelloni

Join us for this lunchtime colloquium — everyone’s welcome!
Am 11. November ist Sandra Maß bei uns zu Gast und spricht über „Zukünftige Vergangenheiten. Geschichte schreiben im Anthropozän“

🕓 16:15–17:45
📍 Hörsaal 102, Kollegienhaus, Universität Basel
We wrote a comment in npj Heritage Science to raise awareness of the accelerating threat to oases globally.
We call for immediate action to protect this unique system.

Read more here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s40...

@sgn.one @ivm-vu-amsterdam.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social

No. Lo hemos preguntado y prefieren mantenerlo solo presencial. Pero saldrán otras cositas online que iré posteando ;⁠)

On November 6th I will be giving a talk in the colloquium of the Forum Basiliense.
🕥 12:15–13:45
📍 Spalenberg 65, University of Basel
Puedes ayudar a mejorar la gestión forestal y fomentar los bosques complejos avisando cada vez que veas un árbol muerto ¿Quieres participar?
Te explicamos cómo hacerlo a través de un cómic chulísimo, que además puedes descargar

www.mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
El MNCN te invita a participar en un proyecto de ciencia ciudadana para mejorar la salud de nuestros bosques | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
La iniciativa forma parte del proyecto #IMFLEX
www.mncn.csic.es
La ciencia nos pertenece a todos y todos podemos participar y ayudar a desarrollarla. El proyecto #IMFLEXforest quiere contar con la participación ciudadana para catalogar y valorar el estado de los bosques de la península ibérica

www.mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
El MNCN te invita a participar en un proyecto de ciencia ciudadana para mejorar la salud de nuestros bosques | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
La iniciativa forma parte del proyecto #IMFLEX
www.mncn.csic.es
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
🌴 #MigratingPalm is a young Chinese windmill palm transported from Ticino to the Rhone Glacier by the architecture collective dorsa just before a ban by the Swiss Federal Council. Inspiring 📽️ #clip and architects' perspective on #invasivespecies and #regulations.

👉 vimeo.com/1007969700/a...
EU Court forces Commission to rethink approval of French farm plan that broke environmental laws

www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

#CAP #AgriculturalPolicy #EnvironmentalLaw #EU #ECJ
EU Court forces Commission to rethink approval of French farm plan that broke environmental laws | ClientEarth
View the press release
www.clientearth.org
Am 4. November ist Oliver Schlaudt bei uns zu Gast und spricht über „Wirtschaften im Anthropozän“.

🕓 16:15–17:45
📍 Hörsaal 102, Kollegienhaus, Universität Basel
On October 30, Doriana Cimmino will be our guest, giving a talk on “A Collection of Debatable Information on Climate Change.”

🕥 10:30–12:00
📍 Forum Basiliense, Spalenberg 65, 1st floor, University of Basel
Am 28. Oktober ist Corine Pelluchon bei uns zu Gast und spricht über „Hoffnung im Kontext des Klimawandels und der globalen Krise“.

🕓 16:15–17:45
📍 Hörsaal 102, Kollegienhaus, Universität Basel
Dear @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @pedrosanchezcas.bsky.social @donald-tusk.bsky.social @micheal-martin.bsky.social @kristenmichalpm.bsky.social: Ahead of 23.10, please see an open letter signed by 2,178 scientists, calling 4 ambitious 2040 climate targets.
Thank you.
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
Am 21. Oktober ist Eva Horn bei uns zu Gast und spricht über „Formgenese und -zerstörung. Das Epische bei Philip Weiss und Raoul Schrott“.

🕓 16:15–17:45
📍 Hörsaal 102, Kollegienhaus, Universität Basel

"Cuando no se ha hecho nunca una cosa, es en España axiomático que nunca se ha de hacer. El progreso reclama todo lo contrario: hacer lo que antes no se hizo, para mejorar.”
#DíaMundialDeLasEscritoras | ¿Sabías que Emilia Pardo Bazán logró ser la primera mujer socia del Ateneo de Madrid?
Cuando Emilia Pardo Bazán entró en el Ateneo
Una de las mujeres que más reivindicó la lucha por la igualdad de derechos para las mujeres fue Emilia Pardo Bazán. Esta es la historia de cómo consiguió ser admitida y participar activamente en el Ateneo de Madrid.
theconversation.com
Join us for Deserts in Focus — a lunchtime lecture exploring how deserts shape politics, history, science, and the more-than-human world.

🗓️ 16 October | 12:15–13:45
📍 Forum Basiliense, Spalenberg 65, Basel
🎙️ With Vanessa Lehmann